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Emma Woolf aged 32 who has written about her battle with anorexia. Pictured at her home in London. Pic: Richard Pohle
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Anorexia

Emma Woolf

Published at 12:01AM, April 26 2011

Our columnist has been anorexic for years; now she needs to gain weight if she wants a baby. Here is her latest update

Whenever I’m about to give up, something happens. After last week’s wobble (when I considered fertility drugs) I received some fantastic support. My friend Canada-Mike e-mailed: “This sounds like a cop-out. The truth is there was a time in your life when you were not anorexic, you have to return to that state. That beautiful baby needs to come from you, it needs your genes, you owe it to yourself.”

From Switzerland, Sunray e-mailed: “Your feelings aren’t weird, they’re normal! But you have to find a way to succeed, scary or not, because the problem won’t go away until you